Chapter 3
Paul extracted the business section from the Sunday Capital smoothed it out, rested his elbows on the table and began reading. “Well,” he said, glancing from the paper to me over the top of his reading glasses. “It looks like Paradiso’s grand opening was an unqualified success.”
I turned the burner under the oatmeal to low and wandered over to check out the paper. Unbelievably, the Capital had devoted almost the entire front page of the section to Paradiso's debut. In addition to the article, the editors published three pictures, all in color, all above the fold.
Dante and Kendel Ehrlich, the wife of the Maryland governor, looking radiant as usual, cutting the ribbon.
Emily and Dante grinning broadly, raising glasses of champagne with a group that included Annapolis mayor Ell
